UPDATES: February & March 2012

[chrisbishop]

Hello everyone!

The Christmas Challenge is finished for this year! But don't worry, next year it'll b back again, with more stories! If you wanted to participate and couldn't, whatever the reason, next year, you'll have your chance again!

In the meantime, the Spectrum HQ website resumes its regular activities. The 10th anniversary celebration is also nearly finished, but that doesn't mean that we'll stop! We'll continue to update our pages and add new stories throughout the year!

And it starts now. With updates to our FAN FICTION PAGES. And with not one, but TWO comebacks!

First:

OUT OF THE PIT, by Jack Heston. In Tokyo, Captain Black wakes up a free man... But does Spectrum really dare to believe the Mysterons lost control of him? ff 484


http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... he_pit.htm

Jack Heston is known within the fandom community as a writers who presented a number of stories within the pages of Australian fanzines in the 80s, such as Red Alert! and Syndicated Images. We have the privilege here at Spectrum HQ to have some of his stories within our collection: his Captain Scarlet stories, of course, as well as a very interesting Fireball XL5 story in the Sid Database section of our website. With this brand new, original Captain Scarlet story, Jack makes his return to fan fiction writing. I thank him very much for this wonderful gift for the Spectrum HQ website 10th anniversary! Welcome back, Jack!


TWO OF A KIND. Captain Scarlet is sent to a New York University to assist a team of professors with the calibration of a new Mysteron detection device. There he meets not only an interesting and idealistic psychology professor, but the uncertainty of an alternate destiny for them both. ff 76

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... a_kind.htm

Lady Hawke had been one of the first authors to grace our pages with her stories. She makes a much welcome comeback this year, with a revision of her first Captain Scarlet story on Spectrum HQ, just in time for the 10th Anniversary! Her other stories will also be the objects of revision, so stay tuned for more to come. Also to Lady Hawke, a much warm welcome back amongst us!


MERCHANDISING AND TRADING PAGES:

A long overdue information that we forgot to put on our Marchandising section, the ROBERT HARROP'S CAPTAIN SCARLET FIGURINES COLLECTION has been offered to fans since 2010! We're correcting this oversight today, with a link to the Harrop's website, that you can find at the top of this page:

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/me ... g_misc.htm

Do check! The collection is very beautiful.

And also, the very interesting and much sought-after ANDERSONIC MAGAZINE has now released its 13th Issue!

For details on the content of the Issue and to order, go to this page:

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/tr ... ERSONIC_13


That's it for this week, folks! Come back soon for more!

[Carrie]

So glad to see Ladyhawke return to the website. Her stories are well-plotted and well written. More please, Ladyhawke!

[chrisbishop]

This week, we complete the re-posting of the entire set of stories from LADY HAWKE. Some of these stories have been slightly revised, folks, but even though, a reposting is always a good occasion to rediscover old stories which had been submitted to us in the past!

So here are the last eight stories from Lady Hawke, which are presently offered on our website:

A WILLING CAPTIVE. This story has the Spectrum team brushing up on their combat skills at a North American training facility. While practicing maneuvers, Scarlet is kidnapped by Captain Black. Does the British captain go along willingly, and does Colonel White really want to risk his best officer to the schemes of the Mysterons? ff 47 Originally posted, October 19, 2001.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... aptive.htm


THANKS FOR THE SCARLET MEMORIES. In this third story by the author, Captains Scarlet and Blue are assigned to Niagara Falls to protect the plans for a new hydroelectric turbine generator. Things go awry when their informant is kidnapped, and Captain Blue is seriously injured in the process. Spectrum then discovers a new hidden danger for the not-so-indestructible Captain Scarlet. ff 62 Originally posted April 21, 2002.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... mories.htm


MISTAKEN IDENTITY. Anything can happen while you're on vacation- bad weather, lost luggage, lumpy beds, wrong turns. But when Captain Scarlet grudgingly agrees to accompany his partner on a trip to the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, disaster is definitely not on their itinerary! Inspired by the author's real trip to Mt. Rainier! This is Lady Hawke's fourth Captain Scarlet story. ff 72 Originally posted August 2, 2002

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... entity.htm



THE DEVIL TAKE JERSEY. When Captain Ivory goes missing during a furlough to her home state of New Jersey, Captain Blue, in temporary command, sends Captains Scarlet and Turquoise to investigate. As they gather their data, Turquoise's Cherokee belief in Native American mysticism and his trust in the existence of the mysterious and unexplainable come into conflict with Scarlet's matter-of-fact deductive methods. Yet the unlikely clues add up to only one fantasical cause...ff 76 HALLOWEEN story. Originally posted October 1, 2002.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... jersey.htm


THE TRUE MEANING... , Peace is all Captain Scarlet wishes for this holiday. Getting it is a different story... ff 89 Christmas story. Originally posted December 10, 2002

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... eaning.htm


PROJECT KINGSILVER. When Captains Scarlet and Ochre meet up with some new technologies, the end results of avarice are peril, tragedy and a spirited swordfight! This is the author's seventh Captain Scarlet story. ff 97 Originally posted, January 22, 2003

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... silver.htm



THE DUNGEON OF DRAGONS. Trapped in a cave-in, injured and running out of oxygen, Captain Scarlet and a young boy share a story to ease their peril. This is Lady Hawke's eighth Captain Scarlet story. ff 98 Originally posted February 14, 2003:

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... ragons.htm


DIAMONDS ARE FOR ETERNITY. Assigned as a security liaison with a troubled diamond mining company, Captain Scarlet gets more than he bargains for when he starts asking questions. These diamonds are definitely forever! This is Lady Hawke's ninth Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons story. ff 107 Spectrum Challenge. Originally posted, April 12, 2003.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... ernity.htm

Since they are re-posted, each story benefited from a new formatting to adapt to today's widescreen monitors.

Come back soon for more updates!

[chrisbishop]

Hello everyone! And welcome to a new updates to the Spectrum HQ website!

After almost of month of quietness, the website proudly presents you a BRAND NEW story, from an author who previously presented her stories in fanzines! We officially welcome FAY SYMES to the Spectrum HQ website and we thank her for the following submission:

PRIMARY COLOURS, by Fay Symes. In a story set before the War of Nerves, the new Captain Blue of Spectrum meets Captain Scarlet. ff 485.

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... olours.htm

We also took the opportunity of reposting another story from Fay, which already was on this website:

THE COLOURS OF BLOOD AND TWILIGHT, by Fay Symes. Captain Scarlet has a private meeting with Captain Black who makes him an offer on behalf of the Mysterons. ff 300

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/fa ... ilight.htm

This story had originally been posted without Fay's permission, in an attempt to attract her attention. Now she has graciously given her permission to us and we also thank her for this!

Welcome Fay!


Come back soon, people for more goodies to come!

Countdown to story 400: 15

[Skybase Girl]

And excellent stories these are! I thoroughly enjoyed both. More, please!

[Carrie]

I loved both of Fay's stories, extremely well written and from an interesting point of view.
Please write more!